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Kidney Cancer
A Fact Sheet from the North Carolina Central Cancer Registry, State Center for Health Statistics
State of North Carolina ׀ Beverly Eaves Perdue, Governor ׀ www.ncgov.com
Department of Health and Human Services ׀ Lanier M. Cansler, Secretary ׀ www.ncdhhs.gov
North Carolina Division of Public Health ׀ Jeffrey P. Engel, State Health Director ׀ www.publichealth.nc.gov
State Center for Health Statistics ׀ Karen L. Knight, Director ׀ www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS
North Carolina DHHS is an equal opportunity employer and provider.
Cancer of the kidney was the 8th most frequently occurring and the 10th leading cause of cancer death in North Carolina from 2004 to 2008. It is anticipated that 1,737 people (1,120 males and 617 females) in North Carolina will be diagnosed with and 434 people (287 males and 147 females) will die of cancer of the kidney in 2011.
Incidence
The percentage of cases of kidney cancer from 2004 to 2008 is displayed by age group in Figure 1. More than 85 percent of kidney cancer cases were diagnosed in people ages 45 to 84.
June 2011
Between 2004 and 2008, the age-adjusted incidence rate for kidney cancer in North Carolina was 16.5 per 100,000 persons per year (Figure 2). Men were twice as likely to be diagnosed with kidney cancer than women.
From 1995 to 2008, kidney cancer incidence rates have increased for men and women (Figure 3).
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1.3%20–448.4%45–6443.0%65–8442.8%85+4.5%Figure 1.2004–2008 Percent of KidneyCancer Cases by Age GroupFigure 3.1995–2008 Kidney CancerIncidence Trends by Gender1995–19971997–19991999–20012001–20032003–20052005–2007YearsMale IncidenceFemale Incidence0.05.010.015.020.025.0Rate per 100,000 PersonsFigure 2.2004–2008 Kidney CancerIncidence Rates by Race, Ethnicity, and Gender23.623.325.920.010.910.612.69.20.05.010.015.020.025.030.0All Races andEthnicitiesNon-HispanicWhitesNon-HispanicBlacksHispanicsRace and EthnicityRate per 100,000 PersonsMalesFemales

Kidney Cancer
A Fact Sheet from the North Carolina Central Cancer Registry, State Center for Health Statistics
State of North Carolina ׀ Beverly Eaves Perdue, Governor ׀ www.ncgov.com
Department of Health and Human Services ׀ Lanier M. Cansler, Secretary ׀ www.ncdhhs.gov
North Carolina Division of Public Health ׀ Jeffrey P. Engel, State Health Director ׀ www.publichealth.nc.gov
State Center for Health Statistics ׀ Karen L. Knight, Director ׀ www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS
North Carolina DHHS is an equal opportunity employer and provider.
Cancer of the kidney was the 8th most frequently occurring and the 10th leading cause of cancer death in North Carolina from 2004 to 2008. It is anticipated that 1,737 people (1,120 males and 617 females) in North Carolina will be diagnosed with and 434 people (287 males and 147 females) will die of cancer of the kidney in 2011.
Incidence
The percentage of cases of kidney cancer from 2004 to 2008 is displayed by age group in Figure 1. More than 85 percent of kidney cancer cases were diagnosed in people ages 45 to 84.
June 2011
Between 2004 and 2008, the age-adjusted incidence rate for kidney cancer in North Carolina was 16.5 per 100,000 persons per year (Figure 2). Men were twice as likely to be diagnosed with kidney cancer than women.
From 1995 to 2008, kidney cancer incidence rates have increased for men and women (Figure 3).
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1.3%20–448.4%45–6443.0%65–8442.8%85+4.5%Figure 1.2004–2008 Percent of KidneyCancer Cases by Age GroupFigure 3.1995–2008 Kidney CancerIncidence Trends by Gender1995–19971997–19991999–20012001–20032003–20052005–2007YearsMale IncidenceFemale Incidence0.05.010.015.020.025.0Rate per 100,000 PersonsFigure 2.2004–2008 Kidney CancerIncidence Rates by Race, Ethnicity, and Gender23.623.325.920.010.910.612.69.20.05.010.015.020.025.030.0All Races andEthnicitiesNon-HispanicWhitesNon-HispanicBlacksHispanicsRace and EthnicityRate per 100,000 PersonsMalesFemales